14 Aug '09 14:49>1 edit
Originally posted by SlyArmenianNo time to comment on a 1960's analysis which is even less realistic now than it was then.
Really?...no comment?
Don't forget the US has massive dificits right now.
MAYBE IN THESE TIMES: A fractional reserve gold standard with a tiny percentage of gold, but constant, that could be analyzed but is not necessarily the best or on ly way to go.
Regardless, the credit mess could just as easily have happened with a gold standard because of the overextension of easy credit. You forget interest rates remain low right now to ease the economy's pain, under a gold standard the US would government would not have that leverage.
No time for more right now... really.